Okubikkulirwa 12
1 Ne wabaawo ekyewuunyo ekinene mu ggulu. Ne ndaba omukazi ng’ayambadde enjuba n’omwezi nga guli wansi wa bigere bye, ng’alina engule eyaliko emmunyeenye kkumi na bbiri ku mutwe gwe.
Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
2 Yali lubuto era ng’akaaba ng’alumwa okuzaala.
She was with child and cried out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
3 Awo ne ndaba ekyewuunyo ekirala mu ggulu, era laba, ogusota ogumyufu nga gulina emitwe musanvu n’amayembe kkumi era nga ku mitwe egyo kuliko engule musanvu.
Then another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
4 Ku mukira gw’ogusota kwali kuwalulirwako ekitundu ekimu ekyokusatu eky’emmunyeenye zonna eziri waggulu mu ggulu, ne guzisuula wansi ku nsi. Ne guyimirira mu maaso g’omukazi oyo, anaatera okuzaala nga gulindirira okulya omwana we nga yaakazaalibwa.
His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
5 Omukazi n’azaala omwana owoobulenzi eyali agenda okufuga amawanga gonna n’omuggo ogw’ekyuma, amangwago n’akwakulibwa n’atwalibwa eri Katonda ku ntebe ye ey’obwakabaka.
She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
6 Omukazi n’addukira mu ddungu eyali ekifo Katonda gye yategeka okumulabirira okumala ennaku Lukumi mu bibiri mu nkaaga.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had a place prepared for her to be nourished for one thousand two hundred sixty days.
7 Ne wabaawo olutalo mu ggulu. Mikayiri ne bamalayika ab’omu kibinja kye ne balwanyisa ogusota n’eggye lya bamalayika baagwo.
Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon fought back, along with his angels.
8 Ogusota ne guwangulwa era ne gusindiikirizibwa okuva mu ggulu.
But he did not prevail, and there was no longer any place found for him in heaven.
9 Ogusota ogwo ogw’amaanyi, era gwe gusota ogw’edda oguyitibwa Setaani Omulimba, alimba ensi yonna, ne gusuulibwa wansi ku nsi n’eggye lyagwo lyonna.
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 Ne mpulira eddoboozi ery’omwanguka mu ggulu nga ligamba nti, “Kaakano obulokozi bwa Katonda, n’amaanyi ge n’obwakabaka bwa Katonda waffe awamu n’obuyinza bwa Kristo we bizze. Kubanga omuloopi eyaloopanga baganda baffe, eri Katonda waffe emisana n’ekiro, agobeddwa mu ggulu.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “The salvation, power, and kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ, have now come. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, he who accuses them day and night before our God.
11 Ne bamuwangula olw’omusaayi gw’Omwana gw’Endiga, n’olw’ekigambo eky’obujulirwa bwabwe, ne bawaayo obulamu bwabwe nga tebatya na kufa.
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
12 Noolwekyo ssanyuka ggwe eggulu, nammwe abalituulamu musanyuke. Naye mmwe ensi n’ennyanja zibasanze, kubanga Setaani asse gye muli ng’alina obusungu bungi, ng’amanyi nti asigazza akaseera katono.”
Therefore rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you with great wrath, because he knows that his time is short.”
13 Awo ogusota bwe gwalaba nga gusuuliddwa ku nsi ne guyigganya omukazi eyazaala omwana owoobulenzi.
When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 Naye omukazi n’aweebwa ebiwaawaatiro bibiri ebinene ng’eby’empungu okubuuka agende mu ddungu mu kifo ekyamuteekerwateekerwa, gy’alabiririrwa era gy’akuumibwa, ogusota ne gutamukola kabi okumala ekiseera n’ekitundu ky’ekiseera.
But the woman was given two wings like those of a great eagle so that she could fly away from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, to be nourished there for a time, times, and half a time.
15 Ogusota ne guwandula amazzi mangi okuva mu kamwa kaagwo ne ganjaala ne gafuuka omugga nga galaga omukazi gye yali, nga gafuba okumuzikiriza.
Then out of his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
16 Naye ettaka ne liyamba omukazi bwe lyayasama ne limira omugga ogwo ogwayanjaala.
But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
17 Awo ogusota, nga gwonna gujjudde obusungu bungi, ne gugenda okulumba abaana b’omukazi abalala, abo bonna abaali bakwata amateeka ga Katonda era nga bajulira Yesu.
So the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
